The Everest frenzy last month made us miss a small team flying under the radar that climbed a new line on Kongde Ri Sar (6,093m), in the Khumbu Valley. It was the first route up the peak's 1,250m north face. Elias Hangweyrer, Max Muck, and Jakob Ritzl of Austria succeeded on a last-minute push right before heading home. Weeks of waiting out bad weather gave them a lesson in resilience and a cool name for their new route, The Edge of Patience (M7…
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